High Point, NC Crime Map

High Point, NC Crime Map & Neighborhood Safety Guide

High Point, NC — a city of 173,324 residents — carries an overall crime grade of C, a number that deserves context. Among the neighborhoods analyzed in our dataset, 100% earned an A grade, with zero neighborhoods falling into the B, C, D, or F tiers. That single analyzed neighborhood, Hickswood Forest, sets a high bar, but the city-wide C grade reflects broader patterns across High Point's full geography that prospective residents and current homeowners should weigh carefully alongside local income and employment data.

Neighborhood Safety Breakdown

The one neighborhood with enough data to receive a formal grade is Hickswood Forest, rated A- with a population of 360 and a median household income of $77,626 — well above the city-wide median of $49,643. That income gap is meaningful. Across American cities, neighborhoods where household earnings run 50% or more above the city median tend to invest more heavily in private security, property maintenance, and community engagement, all of which correlate with lower reported crime. Hickswood Forest's A- grade reflects that pattern directly.

Grade Distribution Across High Point

With only one neighborhood formally graded in the current dataset, 100% of analyzed neighborhoods sit at the A tier and none at B, C, D, or F. That distribution should be read as a snapshot rather than a complete picture. High Point's overall C grade signals that ungraded or less-studied pockets of the city experience meaningfully higher crime rates than Hickswood Forest alone would suggest. The city's 15.1% poverty rate and 6.8% unemployment rate — both elevated relative to national benchmarks — point toward structural pressures that tend to concentrate crime risk in specific corridors, even when headline neighborhood data looks favorable.

Property Crime vs. Violent Crime in High Point

High Point's C overall grade is driven by a combination of property and violent crime, though property offenses — theft, vehicle break-ins, and residential burglary — account for the larger share of total incidents in most Piedmont Triad cities of comparable size and density. At 770 residents per square mile, High Point is moderately dense, a profile that typically elevates opportunistic property crime near commercial corridors and transit-adjacent streets. Violent crime, while present, tends to cluster in specific zip codes rather than spreading uniformly across the city. Residents in lower-density, higher-income areas like Hickswood Forest generally see property crime rates that align with the A- grade, while more urbanized sections of the city pull the overall average down to a C.

How the Interactive Crime Map Supports Smarter Decisions

For anyone navigating High Point's housing market — where the median home value sits at $161,357 and median rent at $880 — the interactive crime map on this page translates raw data into practical guidance. Home buyers can overlay grade boundaries on top of listing searches, quickly identifying whether a property in a given zip code trends closer to the A-tier profile of Hickswood Forest or toward lower-graded sections of the city. Renters weighing the $880 median rent against neighborhood safety can filter incidents by type and recency, distinguishing between a block with isolated vandalism and one with a pattern of vehicle theft. Commuters can trace their daily routes and identify intersections or parking areas with elevated incident histories. The map does not replace local knowledge, but it compresses months of research into a single, data-driven view of where High Point is safest and where caution is warranted.

For official incident reports and real-time updates, visit the High Point Police Department directly. Cross-referencing that data with the grades and patterns on this page gives residents and newcomers the clearest possible picture of safety across the city.